Israel will begin observing the Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday evening with a state ceremony at the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog are scheduled to speak at the event. In light of the weekly mass protests against the judicial reform, Yad Vashem is also preparing for the possibility of protesters disrupting the event. On Tuesday, the International March of the Living will take place in Poland, with thousands expected to attend and walk between the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps in memory of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis.
The event is marking its 35th anniversary this year and will be held in full format for the first time in three years due to the coronavirus pandemic. Delegations from 25 countries are expected to attend as well as the grandchildren of the fighters of the Jewish Combat Organization.
The march will be led by 42 Holocaust survivors from Israel and elsewhere as well as senior Israeli politicians and officials. For the first time, a torch will also be lit in memory of North African Jews who were also persecuted by the Nazi regime.
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